10 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.07 Low
EPSS
Percentile
94.0%
The remote host is missing an update for the
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2004.9.1");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0888");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-08-26 07:43:23 +0000 (Fri, 26 Aug 2022)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:10 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-9-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU4\.10");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-9-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-9-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'tetex-bin' package(s) announced via the USN-9-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Chris Evans and Marcus Meissner recently discovered several integer
overflow vulnerabilities in xpdf, a viewer for PDF files. Because
tetex-bin contains xpdf code, it is also affected. These
vulnerabilities could be exploited by an attacker providing a
specially crafted TeX, LaTeX, or PDF file. Processing such a file with
pdflatex could result in abnormal program termination or the execution
of program code supplied by the attacker.
This bug could be exploited to gain the privileges of the user
invoking pdflatex.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'tetex-bin' package(s) on Ubuntu 4.10.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "UBUNTU4.10") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libkpathsea-dev", ver:"2.0.2-21ubuntu0.1", rls:"UBUNTU4.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libkpathsea3", ver:"2.0.2-21ubuntu0.1", rls:"UBUNTU4.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"tetex-bin", ver:"2.0.2-21ubuntu0.1", rls:"UBUNTU4.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);